a function of
idiom
1
: something (such as a quality or measurement) that is related to and changes with (something else)
Height is a function of age in children. It increases as their age increases.
2
: something that results from (something else)
His personal problems are a function of his drinking.
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Literally, adoption will accelerate, based as a function of security and safety being well-formed.
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Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
Instead, their rivalry is partly a function of their two leaders’ mutual animosity and partly the inevitable result of realpolitik.
—James Jeffrey, Foreign Affairs, 4 July 2025
Some of Chism’s opportunity has been a function of other receivers missing practice and/or sitting out team drills (Stefon Diggs, Kendrick Bourne and Ja’Lynn Polk, to name a few), but there’s no question Chism has run with his reps.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 9 June 2025
The flood of memories unleashed by Proust’s madeleine was as much a function of smell as of taste.
—Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 10 July 2025
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Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
Instead, their rivalry is partly a function of their two leaders’ mutual animosity and partly the inevitable result of realpolitik.
—James Jeffrey, Foreign Affairs, 4 July 2025
Some of Chism’s opportunity has been a function of other receivers missing practice and/or sitting out team drills (Stefon Diggs, Kendrick Bourne and Ja’Lynn Polk, to name a few), but there’s no question Chism has run with his reps.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 9 June 2025
The flood of memories unleashed by Proust’s madeleine was as much a function of smell as of taste.
—Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 10 July 2025
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“A function of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20function%20of. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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